London North Centre

For the provincial electoral district, see London North Centre (provincial electoral district).

London North Centre

Ontario electoral district
London North Centre shown within southwestern Ontario
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Susan Truppe Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	115,250
Electors (2011)	94,684
Area (km²)	64
Pop. density (per km²)	1,800.8
Census divisions	Middlesex
Census subdivisions	London

London North Centre (formerly known as London—Adelaide) is an electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Its population in 2006 was 115,250 and the average family income was $71,995.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Population	107,672
Electors	91,328
Area (km²)	64
Population density (people per km²)	1682.4

Ethnic groups: 86.8% White, 2.0% Chinese, 1.9% Black, 1.8% South Asian, 1.7% Aboriginal, 1.2% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Arab
Languages: 79.8% English, 1.4% French, 18.0% Other
Religions: 38.5% Protestant, 27.3% Catholic, 22.6% No religion, 3.0% Muslim, 2.8% Other Christian, 2.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Jewish
Average income: $31,174

Geography

It consists of the part of the City of London east of Wonderland Road North and Wharncliffe Road, north of Oxford Street West and the Thames River and west of Highbury Avenue North. The district includes the University of Western Ontario and Victoria, University, and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Wonderland Road, Oxford Street, Wharncliffe Road, and south branch of the Thames River form its western boundary with the district of London West, Highbury Avenue and the south branch of the Thames its eastern and southern boundaries with London—Fanshawe, and the north city limit its boundary with Perth—Middlesex riding to the north.

The riding was created in 1996 as "London—Adelaide" from parts of London East and London—Middlesex ridings. It was renamed "London North Centre" in 1997.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
London East and London—Middlesex prior to 1996
36th	1997–2000		Joe Fontana	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006
	2006–2008		Glen Pearson	Liberal
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Susan Truppe	Conservative

Election results

2011 general election

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Susan Truppe	19,468	36.96	+3.99	-
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	17,803	33.80	-5.33	-
	New Democrat	German Gutierrez	12,996	24.67	+7.20	-
	Green	Mary Ann Hodge	2,177	4.13	-6.30	-
	Animal Alliance	AnnaMaria Valastro	229	0.43	-	-
Total valid votes			52,673	100.00	-
Total rejected ballots			231	0.44	+0.03
Turnout			52,904	59.69
Eligible voters			88,624

2008 general election

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	21,018	39.13	+4.27	$90,524
	Conservative	Paul Van Meerbergen	17,712	32.97	+8.49	$71,577
	New Democrat	Steve Holmes	9,387	17.47	+3.39	$13,795
	Green	Mary Ann Hodge	5,603	10.43	-15.41	$7,209
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,720	100.00		$93,856
Total rejected ballots			222	0.41
Turnout			53,942

2006 by-election

Lawn signs for all the major candidates decorate the intersection of Dundas and Egerton streets during the by-election

Long-time MP Joe Fontana resigned from the seat in 2006 in order to run in the London municipal election as a candidate for mayor, requiring a by-election to be held.

The election was called on October 22, 2006 with polling day falling on November 27.

The election result presented a major breakthrough for the Green Party, tripling its previous showing in the general election and placing slightly ahead of the candidate of the governing Conservative Party. The vote for party leader Elizabeth May was over five times the 4.5% national popular vote in the preceding federal election.

By-election on 27 November 2006 On Mr. Fontana's resignation, 20 September 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	13,285	34.86	-5.25	$77,463
	Green	Elizabeth May	9,845	25.84	+20.35	$83,392
	Conservative	Dianne Haskett	9,327	24.48	-5.42	$78,622
	New Democrat	Megan Walker	5,365	14.08	-9.67	$86,282
	Progressive Canadian	Steven Hunter	146	0.38	-0.09	$1,805
	Independent	Robert Ede	78	0.20	-	$0.00
	Canadian Action	Will Arlow	53	0.14	-	$2,207
Total			38,099	100.00

1997-2006 general elections

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	24,109	40.12	-2.96	$78,406
	Conservative	John Mazzilli	17,968	29.90	+2.46	$63,536
	New Democrat	Stephen Maynard	14,271	23.75	-0.39	$20,817
	Green	Stuart Smith	3,300	5.49	+0.72	$2,442
	Progressive Canadian	Rod Morley	283	0.47	+0.03	$2,852
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Mondaca	160	0.27	+0.14	$0.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	21,472	43.08	-8.46
	Conservative	Tim Gatten	13,677	27.44	-9.57
	New Democrat	Joe Swan	12,034	24.14	+15.24
	Green	Bronagh Joyce Morgan	2,376	4.77	+3.23
	Progressive Canadian	Rod Morley	220	0.44	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Gustavo Grandos-Ocon	67	0.13	-

^ Conservative change is from combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	22,795	51.54	-0.18
	Canadian Alliance	Nancy Branscombe	9,062	20.49	+5.30
	Progressive Conservative	Lorie Johnson	7,305	16.52	-0.95
	New Democrat	Colleen Redmond	3,936	8.90	-3.39
	Green	Jeremy McNaughton	681	1.54	+0.06
	Marijuana	Tim Berg	453	1.02	-

^ Canadian Alliance change is from Reform

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	23,891	51.72
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Henkel	8,072	17.47
	Reform	Tara Bingham	7,016	15.19
	New Democrat	Colleen Redmond	5,679	12.29
	Green	Jeff Culbert	685	1.48
	Christian Heritage	Ken Devries	375	0.81
	Independent	Michael Rubinoff	336	0.73
	Marxist–Leninist	Vera Cruise	138	0.30

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Parliamentary website
• Elections Canada 2006 by-election site
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

External links

• London North Centre New Democratic Party Riding Association
• London North Centre Conservative Association
• London North Centre Greens
• London North Centre Conservative Candidate Susan Truppe (Federal)